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Tortoise-shell turtle — Tortoise Tor toise, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tortoise-shell turtle — tortoise shell turtle, = hawksbill turtle. (Cf. ↑hawksbill turtle) … Useful english dictionary
pitted shell turtle — also called fly river turtle, New Guinea plateless turtle, or pig nosed turtle (species Carettochelys insculpta), any member of a single species in the turtle family Carettochelyidae. The species lives in rivers in southern New Guinea… … Universalium
Turtle soup — is a soup made from the flesh of the turtle, often the green turtle or, especially in the United States, the snapping turtle, in which case it is commonly referred to as snapper soup (not to be confused with red snapper soup , which is made from… … Wikipedia
soft-shell turtle — soft′ shell tur′tle n. ram any aquatic turtle of the family Trionychidae, inhabiting North America, Asia, and Africa, having the shell covered with flexible, leathery skin • Etymology: 1880–90 … From formal English to slang
Black Soft-shell Turtle — Taxobox | name = Black Soft shelled Turtle status = EW | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira familia = Trionychidae genus =… … Wikipedia
Nagpur Soft-shell Turtle — Taxobox | name = Nagpur Soft shelled Turtle status = VU| trend = unknown status system = iucn2.3 image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Testudines subordo = Cryptodira familia =… … Wikipedia
soft-shell turtle — noun Any turtle of the family Trionychidae, such turtles having a carapace that has no scutes and is leathery and pliable at the sides … Wiktionary
shell — 1. Marine shell. Pūpū (see Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it), iwi. Also: ākōlea (pipipi ākōlea, kōlea), ālealea, aoa (maka aoa), apuhihi, āunauna, hailimoa, hau, hīhīwai (hapawai), hūai, kahelelani, kauna oa (kio, una oa), koholua,… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Turtle (disambiguation) — A turtle is a reptile, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony or cartilaginous shell.Turtle(s) may also refer to:Entertainment* Turtle (comics), either of two supervillains who were primarily enemies of Flash * Turtle ( Dragon Ball ), a … Wikipedia
